Made in China mobile fintech payment services get the jump on banks in volumes, ease of use

The giants of the banking world are starting to publicly acknowledge the dominance of mobile payment methods devised by Chinese technology firms – and, more broadly, a failure to keep up with fintech rivals in certain areas. Speaking before a crowd of hundreds...

American diplomats in Cuba struck by covert sonic device, US officials say

The two-year-old U.S. diplomatic relationship with Cuba was roiled Wednesday by what U.S. officials say was a string of bizarre incidents that left a group of American diplomats in Havana with severe hearing loss attributed to a covert sonic device. In the fall of...